Thursdays at noon : Viola 1919 centennial recital

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

FACULTY of MUSIC

100

YEARS

1918-2018

Thursdays at Noon: Viola 1919 Centennial Recital

Ethan Filner, viola
James Parker, piano

Thursday, March 14, 2019 at 12:10 pm
Walter Hall, 80 Queen’s Park

PROGRAM

Sonata for Viola and Piano (1919) Rebecca Clarke

(1886-1979)

i. Impetuoso

ii. Vivace

iii. Adagio - Allegro

Viola Sonata (2017)* Elena Ruehr

(b. 1963)

Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 11 No. 4 (1919) Paul Hindemith

(1895-1963)

i. Fantasie

ii. Thema mit Variationen

iii. Finale (mit Variationen)

*World Premiere

Please note that photography and recording are strictly prohibited during the performance.
Kindly turn off all electronic devices as a courtesy to the performers and your fellow patrons.

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of
the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Today, this meeting place is still the home to
many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

BIOGRAPHIES

Ethan Filner teaches viola at the University of Toronto, holds the Assistant
Principal Viola position in the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, performs
chamber music frequently throughout Southern Ontario, and periodically
freelances with the Toronto Symphony and National Arts Centre Orchestras.
Violist of the San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet from 2001 to
2016, he has toured, performed, recorded, commissioned, and taught
extensively throughout North America and Europe. Filner has performed
with a multitude of renowned contemporaries including the Gryphon Trio;
the Zemlinksy, Penderecki, and Alexander String Quartets; members of the
COC, NBoC, and TSO; cellists Zuill Bailey and Gary Ploffman; violists Barry
Shiftman and James Dunham; and pianists Awadagin Pratt and Heather
Taves. Ethan Filner has commissioned or premiered many new works
for string quartet from - and developed close friendships with - some of
the most vibrant composers of our time including George Tsontakis, Jennifer Higdon, Kevin Puts, Elena Ruehr,
Philippe Hersant and Benjamin Lees.

In solo, chamber, and orchestral concerts across Canada, the United
States, Europe and Scandinavia, James Parker reveals technical prowess
alongside subtle artistry. Celebrated by audiences and critics alike, he has
performed with every major Canadian orchestra, and has given recitals
across North America. Parker studied with Lee Kum-Sing at the Vancouver
Academy of Music and at the University of British Columbia, where he
received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1985. For over a decade, he
attended the Banff Centre, studying piano with Marek Jablonski, and
chamber music with Lorand Fenyves. Parker then went to the Juilliard
School in New York, studying with legendary pedagogue Adele Marcus,
receiving his Master of Music degree in 1987, and his Doctor of Musical
Arts degree in 1992. During this period, he was a finalist and prize winner
in the Montreal International and Gina Bachauer International Piano
Competitions. Dr. Parker was an Associate Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University from 1996 until 2003, when he
joined the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto as the Rupert E. Edwards Chair in Piano Performance.
James Parker is also a member of the Gryphon Trio, one of Canada’s preeminent chamber music ensembles.

Well known to CBC listeners, they have been nominated for Juno Awards, have toured many parts of the
world, maintain a residency at Music Toronto, commission works from Canada’s best composers, and have just
celebrated their 10th anniversary season.

Coming up at Thursdays at Noon

March 21 : Student Chamber Music Ensembles

March 28: Winners’ Recital: Jim and Charlotte
Norcop Prize in Song & Gwendolyn Williams
Koldofsky Prize in Accompanying featuring baritone
Korin Thomas-Smith and pianist Joy Lee

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